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Pleading the Promife of SANCTI FICATION, Ezek. xxxvi. 23. &c.

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OD of all Power, and Truth, and Grace,

G Which fhall from Age to Age endure,

Whose Word, when Heaven and Earth fhall pafs, Remains, and ftands for ever fure:

2. Calmly to Thee my Soul looks up, And waits Thy Promises to prove,, The Object of my stedfaft Hope,.

The Seal of Thine Eternal Love.

3. That I Thy Mercy may proclaim,
That All Mankind Thy Truth may fee,
Hallow Thy Great and Glorious Name,
And perfect Holiness in me.

4. Chofe from the World if now I ftand
Adorn'd in Righteoufnefs Divine;
If brought unto the Promis'd Land
I juftly call the Saviour Mine:

5. Perform the Work Thou haft begun,
My Inmost Soul to Thee convert;
Love me, for ever love Thine own,
And fprinkle with Thy Blood my Heart..

6. Thy Sanctifying Spirit pour

To quench my Thirst, and wash me clean: Now, Father, let the Gracious Shower Defcend, and make me pure from Sin.

7. Purge me from every finful Blot,
My Idols all be cast aside,

Cleanfe me from Every Evil Thought,
From All the Filth of Self and Pride.

8. Give

8. Give me a New, a Perfect Heart,
- From Doubt, and Fear, and Sorrow free,
The Mind which was in CHRIST impart,.
And let my Spirit cleave to Thee.

9. O take this Heart of Stone away,
(Thy Sway it doth not, Cannot own)
In me no longer let it stay,

O take away this Heart of Stone.

10. The Hatred of the Carnal Mind
Out of my Flesh at once remove;
Give me a Tender Heart, refign'd
And pure, and full of Faith and Love.

LI. Within me Thy Good Spirit place,
Spirit of Health, and Love, and Power,
Plant in me Thy Victorious Grace,
And Sin fhall never enter more.

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Caufe me to walk in CHRIST my Way,
And I Thy Statutes fhall fulfil;

In Every Point Thy Law obey,

And perfectly perform Thy Will

13. Haft Thou not faid, who Canft not lie,
That I Thy Law shall keep and do?
LORD, I believe; tho' Men deny"
They All are falfe, but Thow art true.

14. O that I now from Sin releas'd
Thy Word might to the utmoft prove
Enter into the Promis'd Reft,

The Canaan of Thy Perfect Love.

15. There let me ever, ever dwell, Be Thou my God, and I will be Thy Servants O fet to Thy Seal,

Give me Eternal Life in Thee.

16. From

16. From All remaining Filth within,
Let me in Thee Salvation have,
From Actual, and from Inbred Sin ́
My ranfom'd Soul persist to save.

17. Wash out my deep Original Stain,
Tell me no more, It Cannot be,
Demons, or Men! The Lamb was flain,
His Blood was all pour'd out for me.

18. Sprinkle it, JESU, on my Heart!
One Drop of Thy All-cleanfing Blood
Shall make my Sinfulness depart,

And fill me with the Life of God.

19. Father, fupply my every Need; Suftain the Life Thyfelf haft given: Call for the never-failing Bread,

The Manna that comes down from Heaven.

20. The gracious Fruits of Righteousness, Thy Bleffings unexhaufted Store

In me abundantly increase,

Nor let me ever hunger more.

21. Let ine no more in deep Complaint
My Leannefs, O my Leannefs, cry,
Alone confum'd with pining Want
Of All my Father's Children I!

22. The Painful Thirst, the Fond Defire,
Thy joyous Prefence fhall remove,
While my full Soul doth ftill require
Thy whole Eternity of Love.

23. Holy, and true, and Righteous LOR D',
I wait to prove Thy Perfect Will,

Be mindful of Thy gracious Word,
And ftamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal.

24. Thy

24. Thy faithful Mercies let me find,
In which Thou caufeft me to trust;
Give me the meek and lowly Mind,
And lay my Spirit in the Duft.

25. Shew me how foul my Heart hath been,
When all renew'd by Grace I am,
When Thou hast emptied me of Sin,
Shew me the Fulness of my Shame.

26. Open my Faith's interior Eye:
Difplay Thy Glory from above,
And all I am fhall fink, and die,
Loft in Astonishment and Love.

27. Confound, o'erpower me with Thy Grace!! I would be by Myself abhor'd, (All Might, all Majefty, all Praise,

All Glory be to CHRIST MY LORD!)

28. Now let me gain 'Perfection's Height!
Now let me into Nothing fall!
Be less than Nothing in Thy Sight,
And feel that CHRIST is All in All.

Behold the Man!

ARISE, my Soul, arife,

Shake off thy guilty Fears,

The Bleeding Sacrifice
In my Behalf

appears;

Before the Throne my Surety stands;

My Name is written on His Hands.

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He ever lives above

For me to interceed,

His All-redeeming Love,
His pretious Blood to plead

His Blood aton'd for All our Race,
And fprinkles now the Throne of Grace.

3. Five bleeding Wounds He bears,
Receiv'd on Calvary;

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They pour effectual Prayers, They ftrongly speak for me; Forgive him, O forgive, they cry, Nor let that Ranfom'd Sinner die!

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The Father hears Him pray,
His dear Anointed One,

He cannot turn away

The Prefence of His Son:

His Spirit answers to the Blood,

And tells me, I am born of GOD.

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My GoD is reconcil'd,
His Pard'ning Voice I hear,
He owns me for His Child,
I can no longer fear;

With Confidence I now draw nigh,
And Father, Abba Father, cry!

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Titus ii. 11, &c.

E magnify the Gift of God,
The Common Saviour praise:

A Talent is on All bestow'd,

A Seed of Saving-Grace.

2. To Every Soul it comes unfought,
To raise him from his Fall';

To All it hath appear'd, and brought
Salvation unto All.

3. From All Ungodliness and Sin
It teaches us to fly,

Forbids to touch the Thing unclean,
Or but in Thought comply.

4. From

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